Hey, Blackduck with the delayed week 6!

Luckily for you guys, this was delayed for a reason! This game now features 8 maps with 6 unique types of enemies. I also fixed a lot of subtle bugs, that you guys probably didn’t notice. I also pretty much doubled the termite’s speed, but with all the lag this game causes, it doesn’t look like a big difference. If you forgot how to play, you can read through the handy instructions for explanation, then departure on your sacred quest! Although the game isn’t done yet, you can get all the way to the house. After that, there will only be 4 maps, 1 including the boss map, so the game should be done soon! That’s a good thing, since this game has to be done by the 31st. So when that happens, you guys will be able to play the real deal!
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Hey guys, Blackduck here again with week 5.

Well, there’s only two weeks left. I was hopping to get a lot of work in throguhout the week, but my power supply got fried by a power surge. Luckily, I got that fixed by Saturday! So I still got a good amount of work. My progress for this week was very artistic. The first thing you’ll notice is the intro! That was a pain to make, but I got it all down, and it looks great! (in my opinion). I also finally got around to add a little loading thing that you don’t even notice because it’s amongst the black frames in the Neptune Productions thing. It doesn’t look like it does much of a difference, but it does, trust me. I also finished making all the attacks/spells and stuff, so now the fighting system is complete. Something awesome that I did, which you probably also noticed quite quick is the music! Not he best soundtrack, but I made it all myself. Lastly, the termite looks a bit more termite like.
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For the third episode of Route TSG, Gwellin shows his A Link to the Past route taken during the third Zelda Marathon in March.

Part 1
http://videos.thespeedgamers.com/route-tsg/3-zelda-alttp/route-tsg-3-zelda-alttp-part1.flv

For parts 2-4 click “Read the rest”

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Hey, Blackduck here as we end week 4.

I probably didn’t work on Termites as much this week as I would have wanted to, but I’ve done some painful copy pasting action this week, which I’m glad to have put out of the way. First of all, I finished every drawing that I needed! Not really that big of a task, because I was only missing a few. What was a big task is making the inventory! That’s right, the inventory is now fully functional, so if you want to carry something with you, but you don’t want to equip it, you’ve got a handy 5 slot inventory. I also made that when you put your cursor over and item, it tells you it’s name, stat bonus, description and who it’s named after, which is quite fun to read. Lastly, I made that equipping stuff actually gives you stat bonus, such as increasing armor/strength/brain/life.
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I ordered the Classic Controller PRO for the Wii recently, and here I unbox and test it out. Not a bad controller, but watch the video to see my detailed thoughts.

A little late, but the seventeenth podcast is here. This episode opens with Halo ODST, moving over to game prices, Britt gives his impression of Pokémon Soul Silver, then we go in to nightmares, favourite songs, past Halloween costumes and other subjects given to use through podcast questions.

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Hey, Blackduck here with the big ol’ week three!

So far, this game is going great! Much better than I thought it would turn out. I didn’t work on it this week as much as I wanted to, but
it’s ended up still being quite productive. So to start off, there’s actually a candy you can run into and battle. I haven’t even touched the battle
system, so that’s still the same.

But when you win a fight, you go to this new screen, showing how much exp you got from the candy and the equipment it dropped! It’s all functional
except the inventory, so you can feel free to equip those items. Although when you level up you get skill points, you can’t use them yet.

You also can’t see the name/type/whatever of all the equipment, nor do you get stat bonuses from them, but it’s all in good time.
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Starting on the 28th of September a new Mysterious Gift appeared for Platinum players. Oak’s Letter triggers the ability to find and capture Shaymin on Route 224.

The procedure is fairly simple. First, if you haven’t done it already for the Secret Key, you must unlock the Mystery Gift option by following the steps on the included leaflet in your game case, and talk to the Jubilife TV Producer. When you select that option from the title menu you will receive Oak’s Letter over your WiFi connection. Once picked up from the postman at the nearest Pokémart you will want to head to the exit of Victory Road. Make sure to have the Surf, Waterfall, Rock Climb, Strength and Defog HM moves in your party, then find the path to the right of the last area of Victory Road which should have been opened after defeating the Elite Four.

Move through the caves, then to the edge of Route 224 to find Oak in need of your help. You’ll find yourself face to face with a level 30 Shaymin ready to be caught. What about the Sky Forme though? Well make your way to Floaroma Town with your new Shaymin in your party and a woman on the main path will hand over the Gracidea Flower. Use this key item to transform to Sky Forme, though it will change back at night, if frozen, deposited in a PC or traded.

Note that there is a lot of time, but this Mysterious Gift will no longer be available after November 8th. Read all the details on the page set up for Shaymin at the official Pokémon Platinum Version website.

[Edit: European players also have access to this gift, and likely other regions.]